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Euless Trinity basketball player Myles Turner announced his commitment to play for the University of Texas during a ceremony at Euless Trinity in Euless, Texas, on April 30, 2014. (Michael Ainsworth/The Dallas Morning News)

Five-star forward Myles Turner announced his college decision yesterday in front of a national audience. Filling out his paperwork, however, that was a bit more low key.

Turner sent over his letter of intent to the University of Texas on Thursday, officially rounding out the Longhorns' 2014 class.

"We are really excited to welcome Myles to our basketball family," Barnes said in a statement. "We've come to know Myles and his family very well during the recruiting process. As pleased as we are to get to work with him on the basketball court in the near future, we're more excited because of the type of person that Myles is. He's really just getting started in terms of his basketball development."

Turner is an excellent athlete who is expected to transform an already potent Longhorn frontcourt next season. His addition led ESPN.com's Paul Biancardi to say Turner could have a Kevin Durant-like effect at Texas.

Turner, along with incoming freshman forward Jordan Barnett and junior transfer center Shaquille Cleare, who must sit out a year, make up Texas' 2014 recruiting class, which ranks No. 19 in the nation.

"In looking at the entire class, we needed size and athleticism on the wing and we needed to continue to improve our skill set and depth in the frontcourt," Barnes continued. "Most importantly, we needed to find individuals who fit our program and the culture and chemistry that our returning players worked so hard to develop last year. We're not looking to be a really good team for just one year. We're looking to be a consistently good program for a long period of time."